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初中经典英语故事：The Man Selling the Idol

A man carves an idol and takes it to the fair. No one buys it, so he begins to shout in order to canvass the customer.

He says that this idol can bring in wealth and good luck. One man says to the seller, "Hello, My friend, if this is so, you should have the advantages that the idol can bring, why do you want to sell it?" The seller says, "What I want is that I can get cash in at once. The profit from the idol is so slow."

This story means: God will never respect people who make a profit by hook or crook.

有人雕刻了一个赫尔墨斯的木像，拿到市场上去卖。因为没有一个买主上前购买，他便大声叫喊，想招揽生意。

他说有赐福招财的神出售。这时旁边有一个人对他说道：“喂，朋友，既然这样，你自己应该享受他的好处哇，为什么还要卖掉他呢?”他回答说：“我要的是现在马上可以兑现的利益，这个神的利益却来得很慢哪。”

这故事正是说那种不择手段地求利，连神也不尊敬的人。

初中经典英语故事：功亏一篑

Once a man planned to build a terrace.

He worked very hard and spent a lot of time digging and carrying earth.

When the mound was almost completed and only one more basket of earth was needed, the man gave up.

The terrace was never completed.

This idiom means to fail to succeed for lack of final effort.

古时，有一个人要筑一座九仞(八尺=一仞)高的山。

他十分努力的建造这座山，并且花了很多时间挖土、搬运泥土。

终于当山快要建成的时候，几乎只差最后一篮子的泥土就行了的时候，他放弃了。

这座山便永远无法完工。

这个典故用以形容“离成功只有一步之遥，但最终失败告终”的意思。

初中经典英语故事：The Blind Man and the Little Animal

A blind man is good at touching all the things.

No matter whatever the thing is he can distinguish it as soon as he touches it

A man brings a young wolf and lets him touch it.

Having touched the animal, he says, "This is a fox or a wolf, I am not sure. But I know that putting this kind of animal into the sheep pen is not safe"

The story means: we can know someone's bad habits from when he is young.

一个瞎子精于用手触摸各种动物。

什么动物只要他一摸，就能分辨出来。

有人带来一只小狼，请他摸一摸，说出是什么东西。

他摸了摸这个小野兽后说：“这是一只狐狸或者一匹狼，啊，我不太清楚。不过有一点我却十分地明白，让这种动物进羊栏是不安全的。”

这个故事是说一个人的恶习在年幼时便可得知。